Fashion Plate
March 1880 (published)
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This fashion plate is from a volume of images from the Italian fashion periodicals La Novita and Margherita, published in the 1880s. Such plates were published from the end of the 18th century onwards, illustrating contemporary fashions.
This image offers an insight into fashion, textiles and interiors and publishing related to those subjects, as well as social history. The models are shown in a setting which refers to a lifestyle alongside clothing. The fashion plate communicates glamour and aspiration, much like fashion and interiors magazines do today.
This image offers an insight into fashion, textiles and interiors and publishing related to those subjects, as well as social history. The models are shown in a setting which refers to a lifestyle alongside clothing. The fashion plate communicates glamour and aspiration, much like fashion and interiors magazines do today.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | hand-coloured engraving |
| Brief description | Unknown. Day dress and afternoon dress. Fashion plate showing women's dress. Italian, March 1880 |
| Physical description | Two women in an interior. One seated in a wine red and cream day dress, the other standing at a desk in a sky blue dress trimmed with cream brocade with a long pleated and draped train. |
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| Credit line | Purchased through the Julie and Robert Breckman Print Fund |
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| Summary | This fashion plate is from a volume of images from the Italian fashion periodicals La Novita and Margherita, published in the 1880s. Such plates were published from the end of the 18th century onwards, illustrating contemporary fashions. This image offers an insight into fashion, textiles and interiors and publishing related to those subjects, as well as social history. The models are shown in a setting which refers to a lifestyle alongside clothing. The fashion plate communicates glamour and aspiration, much like fashion and interiors magazines do today. |
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| Accession number | E.151:40-2003 |
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| Record created | October 8, 2004 |
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